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Entry no.
2022-1591

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 46970) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 July 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
46970
International designator
1997-051ACC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 10 months9,075 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 20 Jul 2022

12 entries
2022-1593ONEWEB-02512022-1585FENGYUN 1C DEB2022-1586FENGYUN 1C DEB2022-1587COSMOS 2251 DEB2022-1588COSMOS 2251 DEB2022-1589TRANSIT 5E-5 DEB2022-1590RESURS O1 DEB2022-1592YUNHAI 1-02 DEB2022-1594COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1595COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1596COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1597COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

1997-051
1997-0258SL-12 R/B2002-0053IRIDIUM 272017-0155IRIDIUM 302018-0242IRIDIUM 312019-0048IRIDIUM 32

Part of a break-up

539 on record
539One of 539 fragments of Iridium 33 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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